Category Archives: Canada
Pat King will stand trial in Ottawa despite repeated attempts to move
OTTAWA - An Ontario judge has ruled that "Freedom Convoy" organizer Pat King will stand trial in Ottawa, dismissing his second request to the move the proceedings out of town. King's lawyer argued tha...
Oct 05, 2023
Ottawa not pressing Ukraine for wartime election, urges allies to keep unity for Kyiv
OTTAWA - Canada does not plan to press Ukraine to hold a wartime election, focusing instead on broader democratic efforts. A senior bureaucrat overseeing Europe for Global Affairs Canada told a Senate...
Oct 05, 2023
Canada focused on preventing sexual violence in Haiti as military intervention looms
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says Ottawa aims to support people in Haiti to prevent sexual violence, ahead of a multinational military intervention in the country. The United Nations Security Counci...
Oct 05, 2023
Supreme Court will hear Quebec's challenge to ruling on Indigenous police funding
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada said today it will hear an appeal to a ruling that ordered Ottawa and Quebec to increase funding for a First Nations police force. Quebec's highest court ruled in ...
Oct 05, 2023
'Unacceptable': Group says government ignored process in awarding Afghan monument
OTTAWA - The architectural group that was chosen by a jury to build a monument to Canada's mission in Afghanistan says the government's decision to award the contract to a different group is outrageou...
Oct 05, 2023
Competition intensity has decreased over last two decades, Competition Bureau finds
OTTAWA - Competition Bureau commissioner Matthew Boswell says new research from the bureau finds the competition intensity in the country has decreased over the last two decades. Boswell shared the in...
Oct 05, 2023
Victoria 'embraces adventure,' for top spot on Condé Nast list of world's best cities
An award-winning travel magazine says British Columbia's capital city tops its 2023 list of the world's best cities. Cond Nast Traveller, a luxury and lifestyle travel magazine, says Victoria captured...
Oct 05, 2023
Champagne to announce initial commitments from grocers to stabilize prices today
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says he is ready to announce the initial commitments he has secured from grocers to stabilize food prices. The Liberal government last month calle...
Oct 05, 2023
In the news today: Pharmacare legislation 'extremely fluid': Holland
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Liberals and NDP haven't yet agreed on promised pharmacare bill The New Democra...
Oct 05, 2023
'Extremely fluid': Liberals and NDP haven't yet agreed on promised pharmacare bill
OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats have rejected the first draft of the Liberals' pharmacare legislation, in what the health minister describes as "extremely fluid" negotiations over the highly antici...
Oct 05, 2023
